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Perhaps you could have a quiet word with both of them separately, and point out that loving families can still agree to disagree on lots of issues, and that they really must not force you to become peacemaker while they brood and simmer.

If they won’t hear you out, you could try writing each of them a brief letter, pointing out how upset you are.

Then maybe arrange a family outing (perhaps going to a movie or a meal with friends?) where they are putting on a united front even though they are not talking much.

That way you are gradually returning them to normal family behaviour.

Time will eventually heal the rifts, but the referendum vote has certainly pitted generation against generation, family member against family member, in a way we have never really experienced before, and it is very painful.

As a nation, we have to find a way to unite again. As a family, it is the same.

Trouble is, as a mum you don’t have the “luxury” of resigning and leaving someone else to mastermind the recovery, eh?